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Edu-Scape

by Ansam Abu Ahmad

 Year 2023 - 2024

This project received an honorable mention in the Tectura Awards 2024.

The project is Reinventing The Dialogue Between School and City to solve urban problems & challenges in Nazareth ,this happens by planning a new connected “Educational Strip”.

Although Nazareth city has a special status and religious, historical, touristic importance and more. It suffers from several problems that affect the quality of life of the residents who live or use it. The project addresses two main problems: The first is related to urbanism and the lack of public open spaces in the city, Already today there is a shortage of public open spaces that serve the city, at the same time as the increasing population - both quantitatively and actual availability - the ratio of open public space per capita is lower than the overall rate (only 0.06 dunums per person). On the one hand, there are open spaces, but most of them are privately owned by churches, and they are fenced or surrounded by walls, and are not sufficiently accessible or utilized towards society. In addition, there is a severe shortage of cultural centers and youth gathering places that can distract different age groups from negative behaviors such as violence, murder etc.

 

On the other hand, cars, streets and car parks make up enormous areas of the city's space, while instead they can be a highly efficient public space. The second is related to education and the way of learning in schools, the education system that exists today does not use the environment, and it takes place inside closed classrooms inside closed school buildings which cut off from each other even from the city. Alongside this, By research, school gates are closed 60% of the year (Afternoon & in holidays). From this, it appears that the commonality between the two problems presented is the lack of public and open space.

The research question is: "In what way can the development of educational environments provide an answer to the open and public urban space in Nazareth"?


The project reinvents the dialogue between school and city. And came to solve the problems through the re-planning of the city as one connected educational city, where you can study A-formally anytime and anywhere, this is by delimitation a number of existing squares and defining them through new buildings, planning new public open spaces that increase urbanity, that serve both schools and city, and creating one system that connects them as an educational strip that integrates into the city. In 2050 with the increase in population density, the need for housing, education, etc. will grow twice, highlighting the importance of planning all these needs without compromising peoples' lifestyle, relying on and developing the existing situation - such as exploiting the same space for different functions in different times .    

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